RT Book, Section A1 Berkowitz, Aaron L. SR Print(0) ID 1160204039 T1 The Auditory and Vestibular Pathways and Approach to Hearing Loss and Dizziness/Vertigo: Cranial nerve 8 T2 Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781259834400 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1160204039 RD 2024/03/28 AB Cranial nerve 8 (CN 8) contains two components: auditory (cochlear) and vestibular. Both begin in the inner ear and travel to the brainstem: the auditory component projects to the cochlear nuclei (at the pontomedullary junction) and the vestibular component projects to the vestibular nuclei (in the medulla).